Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Prompt Foolishness

What memories are getting in the way? How can I misremember them?
I list 3 memories that are getting in my way. I remember:

That I haven't been writing recently.

All the other things I could be doing instead.

How difficult writing this blog can be.

I imagine things being different. I misremember the past:

I picture myself having written everyday, all week.

I keep coming back to the same thing; I can blog, or I can blog, or I can blog.

Blogging is easy!

I focus on just one of these. I go to my To Do list and start listing all the things I have to do today. I pretend all I can remember is

Write blog

Write blog

Write blog

Write blog

Write blog

It becomes a game. When I ask myself, “What do I do now?” the answer is, “To blog!” I start writing, but eventually want to procrastinate. How do I procrastinate? By writing my blog!If I forget, I check my To Do list. I make multiple To Do lists, all with the same item repeated. I can have one on my computer; one on my phone; one in a notebook; and one on a scrap of paper. I have fun with the silliness of this seemingly pointless task.Do I believe this all I have to do today? No, I'm just playing. Will this get me to blog everyday? No, I'm just trying something foolish for short-term gains. It got me to write about half of this entry. Then, a few days later, it got me to write the rest. For me, totally worth it.
Now what do I do?

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About Drew the Dramatic Fool

Drew Richardson"If Teller of ‘Penn & Teller’ had ever become pregnant by Harpo Marx, Drew Richardson would be the one to arrive out of that strange scientific amalgamation." —Film Threat

I've been studying, teaching, and performing Visual Comedy Theater for the past 20 years. I was also the first person in the 21st century to make new short silent movies for mainstream movie theaters.http://www.dramaticfool.com